Hose attachment for stopping flow.



1 in; 662,955.- Patented Dec. 4, I900.

' a. E. McCLELLAND.

HGSE ATTACHMENT FOR STOPPING FLOW.

(Applipation filed Apr. 16, 1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. MOCLELLAND, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

HOSE ATTACHMENT FOR STOPPING FLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters ZPatent No. 662,955, datedDecember 4, 1900- Application filed April 1 6 l 9 00.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. MCOLEL- LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Hose Attachment for Stopping Flow at AnyPoint, of which the following is a specification.

When several hose are attached to a hydrant for throwing water toextinguish fire and one of the hose bursts, it has heretofore beennecessary to cut off the flow from the water-main to the hydrant inorder to disconnect the broken hose and replace it with a new one or anew section, and thus cause serious delay in throwing water on a fire.

My object is to provide means for cutting off the flow of water througha broken hose without detaching it from the hydrant or interrupting theuse of the hydrant and other hose attached thereto and in place ofallowing the pressure through the unbroken hose to be reduced by theescape of force and water through the leak in the broken hose topractically increase it by cutting off all force and water that might bewasted in escaping through the broken hose.

My invention consists in the device adapted to be readily applied andoperated by hand to compress a hose as required to stop the flow ofwater therethrough and constructed as hereinafter set forth, pointed outin my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device adapted to be applied to ahose. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing my invention applied to ahose as required to cut off the passage of water through a hose. Fig. 3is an enlarged detail view showing the manner of connecting rollers withthe parts that are designed to double and clamp and close ahose. Fig. 4is a detail view showing a loop at the end of the bar and astrap andbuckle applied for detachably fastening the device to a hose.

Theletter A designates a straight metal bar or lever that has a curvedlateral extension B at one end, adapted to engage a hose, and anextension 0 at the other end, that projects at an angle and terminatesin a rightangled clamp D. A corresponding clamp D projects from thepoint where the parts A and C are united and in parallel position withthe Serial No. 13,043. (No model.)

clamp D. Rollers F are preferably fastened on the mating projections orclamps, as shown in Fig. 3; but it is obvious that such rollers may bedispensed with, especially when my device is adapted in size to beapplied to a one-inch garden-hose.

For hose such as are used for extinguishing fires the bar A is about twofeet and sixinches long and one inch in diameter, preferably tapering,as shown, and the lateral extensions are about five inches long.

In the practical useof my invention I place the clamps D and D astridethe hose at a point between the leak and the hydrant to which it isconnected and then double the hose, as shown in Fig. 2, by simplyreversing the position of the lever A and fastening its free end to thehose by means of the hook or a strap and buckle. The clamps will be thusretained in position and a length of the hose pressed flat thereby anddoubled at two points, so that water cannot pass through. while thebroken section is being removed anda sound one put in its place withoutinterrupting the action of one or more hose that may be at tached to thesame hydrant.

Having described the construction, purpose, and operation of myinvention, its practical utility will be readily understood, and what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a hose attachment consisting of astraight lever having an inclined extension at one end and mating clampsprojecting laterally from the ends of said inclined extensions and meansat the other end of the lever for detachably fastening it to a hose inthe manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. A device for doubling and clamping flexible hose consisting of astraight lever having a hook extended at right angles from one end, aninclined extension at the other end and straight and mating lateralprojections at the ends of said inclined extension and rollers on saidlateral extensions, to opcrate in the manner set forth for the purposesstated.

GEORGE E. MOOLELLAND. Witnesses:

R. H. ORWIG, THOMAS G. ORWIG.

